From Maidenhead to Morocco: In a change to the scheduled programming, we bring you The On Call of Dreams

From Maidenhead to Morocco: In a change to the scheduled programming, we bring you The On Call of Dreams

On Call It's Friday! Pour yourself a beverage, break out the end-of-week treats, and enjoy a reader's tale of international intrigue and derring-do that began with an innocent stint On Call.


Our story takes us to the fine British market town of Maidenhead, where our hero, who for reasons that will become clear we will call "Humphrey", was toiling away for a well-known telecommunications company.

His self-described role was "help desk monkey" and his desk was located in a large, black-glassed building "which I always thought looked a bit like Darth Vader's helmet." Still, it was close enough to the local bowling alley, and the frustrations of the morning were regularly taken out over lunch on the Crystal Maze game installed there.


The company had drunk deep from the goblet of Apple ..

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